Like the Toshiba Rice Cooker RC-18DR1NMY, the Hitachi 1.8L Microcomputer Rice Cooker RZ-D18VFY is another high-quality rice cooker. In addition to cooking fluffy rice, it is great for making bread and cakes too. What distinguishes it from other rice cookers is that it has an auto recipe mode which allows you to choose from 20 recipes in the instruction booklet. This means if you want to follow a certain recipe from the said booklet, all you have to do is select the recipe number, press the cook button, and simply wait for it to cook your favourite dish. On top of that, the equipment is built such as that buttons you’ll need to commonly access are larger and located in the centre, making it very user-friendly. The Hitachi is undoubtedly special because of its multiple cooking functions, which includes the double cook, slow cook, rapid cook, and super rapid cook programs. On the downside, the rice pot is quite easily subjected to scratches.